MaleOrigin: Arabic

Recep: Meaning, Origin and Pronunciation

Recep is a boy’s name of Arabic origin. It means “Rajab, the seventh month of the Islamic calendar”.

Say it: reh-jep

About the name Recep

Meaning: Rajab, the seventh month of the Islamic calendar
Origin: Arabic; From Arabic Rajab.
Gender: Male
Pronunciation: reh-jep

How to pronounce Recep

Turkish spelling is phonetic: every letter is pronounced, and each letter always has the same sound. Our respellingreh-jep is an approximation for English speakers. Turkish stresses syllables much more evenly than English, so avoid hitting one syllable hard. Tap the letters below for tips.

Recep

Letters English doesn’t haveFamiliar letters with a Turkish twist

c
c sounds like “j”
Turkish c is always the j of “jam”, never a k or s sound: Can = “jahn”, Cem = “jem”.
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r
r is tapped
Turkish r is a light tap of the tongue, like the tt in American “better”; at the end of a word it often sounds breathy.
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Recep with Turkish suffixes

Turkish adds case endings where English uses prepositions. With a personal name the ending is separated by anapostrophe (Recep'e, Recep'in), but it is still pronounced as one word. The apostrophe only marks where the name ends; the suffix itself follows the usual rules.

The last vowel of Recep is e, a front unrounded vowel. So two-way suffixes take e and four-way suffixes takei (vowel harmony):Recep'te, Recep'i.

Because Recep ends in a consonant, vowel-initial endings attach directly (Recep'i, Recep'e) with no buffer letter.

The final consonant is voiceless (one of the “Fıstıkçı Şahap” letters f, s, t, k, ç, ş, h, p), so the d of the locative and ablative endingshardens to t:-te and -ten: Recep'te, Recep'ten.

Names never show consonant softening in writing (Recep'e), but in everyday speech the final consonant is usually softened, so Recep'e tends to sound like “Recebe”.

Case forms of Recep
Case	Form	Example
Accusative (object)	Recep'i	Recep'i tanıyor musun? Do you know Recep?
Dative (to)	Recep'e	Recep'e bir mesaj yazdım. I wrote a message to Recep.
Locative (at / with)	Recep'te	Anahtarlar Recep'te. Recep has the keys. (lit. The keys are at Recep.)
Ablative (from)	Recep'ten	Recep'ten bir hediye aldım. I got a present from Recep.
Genitive (’s)	Recep'in	Bu Recep'in çantası. This is Recep’s bag.
Instrumental (with)	Recep'le	Dün Recep'le konuştum. I talked with Recep yesterday.

Forms are generated by TurkLogic’s tested grammar engine. See every case explained in theTurkish noun cases guide, or check the harmony of any word in thevowel harmony calculator.

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Frequently asked questions

What does the name Recep mean?

Recep is a Turkish boy’s name meaning “Rajab, the seventh month of the Islamic calendar”. Its origin is Arabic. From Arabic Rajab.

How do you pronounce Recep?

Say it roughly as “reh-jep”, keeping every vowel short and clear. Turkish c is always the j of “jam”, never a k or s sound: Can = “jahn”, Cem = “jem”.

How do you add suffixes to Recep in Turkish?

Because Recep is a proper name, case endings go after an apostrophe and follow vowel harmony: Recep'e (to Recep), Recep'in (Recep’s), Recep'te (at Recep’s) and Recep'le (with Recep).